Portable canopy.



A. VOORHIES.

PORTABLE CANOPY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC}. 21, 1912.

1,128 558. Patented Feb.16, 1915.

Witnesses Attorneys ALEXIS VOORI-IIES, OF NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA.

PORTABLE CANOPY.

Application filed December 21, 1912.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, ALEXIS VooRi-Ims, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Iberia, in the parish of Iberia and State of Louisiana,have invented a new and useful Portable Canopy, of which the fol lowingis a specification.

The present invention relates to a portable canopy, and is particularlyan improvement over the portable canopy disclosed in my former PatentNumber 811,460, issued January 80, 1906.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improveddevice of the character indicated, which shall be so adjustalole thatthe shade or shades may be properly positioned, the present 'devicebeing adapted to protect cotton pickers and others from the sun, rainand the like.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention can be made within the scope of what is claimedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein thefigure is a perspective view of the device.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the present invention embodiessupporting frame preferably constructed from gas piping or similarstock. The supporting frame includes the corner uprights or struts 3,the lower end of which are connected by the longitudinal beams 4 andtransverse cross bars 5. The beams 4 and the cross bars 5 are connectedto the ends of the respective front and rear uprights 3 by means of thecouplings 6 .and 7. The upper ends of the uprights 3 are connected bythe longitudinal beams 8 and the transverse rods 9, the said beams 8 andcross rods 9 being connected to the upper ends of the uprights by thecouplings 10.

A cruciform coupling 11 is interposed in each of the cross bars 9, thecross bars 9 each being preferably constructed in two sections and thesections being engaged to opposite arms of the cruciform coupling.

A longitudinal rod 12 passes loosely through the couplings 11 and iscapable of longitu- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 16,1915.

Serial No. 738,105.

dinal and rotatory adjustments in the couplings, the couplings beingprovided with set screws 13 for looking the rod 12 in adjusted position.The set screws 18 may be substituted by cotter pins or any othersuitable means for locking the rod 12 in position as is within the scopeof the mechanic.

Two pairs of canopy supporting arms 14 are provided, each pair havingtheir adjoined ends overlapped and loosely embracing one end of the rod12, the canopy 15 being preferably secured to the free ends of the arms14 and may be constructed of duck, canvas, or any other suitable textileor fabric. Nuts or clamping members 16 are screw threaded or adjustablymounted on the rod 12 to clamp the arms 14 in various angular positionsrelative to the rod, it being noted that when the nuts 16 are loosened,the arms 14 may be swung to various angular positions relative to eachother as well as relative to the rod 12.

In order to adjustably connect the ground wheels to the frame, acruciform coupling or slide 17 has been mounted on each of the lowerbeams 4, a yoke or tie rod 18 connecting the inner arms of thecouplings, and pintles 19 being secured to the outer arms of thecouplings. The ground wheels 20 are journaled on the pintles 19, and setscrews or other locking members 21 are carried by the couplings 17 toengage the beams 4 so as to lock the couplings in position. The casterwheels 22 are pivoted to the couplings 6, and assist the ground wheels20 in supporting the frame.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, it will beevident that the rod 12 may be adjusted longitudinally and may berotated about the axis to properly position the canopy, and further, thearms 14 may also be adjusted angularly relative to each other andrelative to the rod 12 so as to swing the two halves of the canopy tothe positions desired. The shadow or shade may thus be properlypositioned relative to the frame. The groun wheels permit the canopy tobe readily moved about, as between the rows of cotton stalks, althoughit is not to be understood that this device cannot be employedotherwise. On the other hand, the present device may be employed fordivers purposes, as may be seen fit. By loosening the set screws 21,ground wheels 20 may be adj d'long tu in lljs s t quilibtat t deviceirrespective of the particular longitudinal position of theica nopy IHaving thus described the invention, What is claimed is v A canopysupport including an iipright rame a d p v ta ly a dably 111?-v portedby the uppi'p'ortibn thereof means carried by the frame for clamping thesaid rod, two pairs of independent canopy sup porting arm's,- each'fpairhaying h wh n efid erlap-m ld qbsey embracing. one nd fsaid ind, and a pof clamping members threaded on each end of the rod to clamp theadjacent ends of the" arms of thers'pctive pair together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as. my own, I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses ALEXIS VOORHIES.

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